Colonel Bayne at Home Opens Allegheny Headquarters
Colonel Thomas M. Bayne arrived from Washington and opened headquarters at the Hotel Central on North Diamond street. A constant crowd of friends and workers gathered as political tensions rose in Allegheny with postmaster and other officials taking sides in the May 31 Republican primary for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Thomas M. Bayne
Washington
Hotel Central
North Diamond Street
George Shiraz
Pitsburg
Diamond Street
Shiras
John Waramaker
Washington, D.C
Dean Sim
Twentythird
Lave
Shirak
Gilleland
Democratic County Committee Fixes Primary Election Date
A Democratic County Committee meeting in Common Council Chamber set June 21 for county and legislative primaries and the convention date. John Rourke named to fill secretary vacancy after P M Carr resigns. Salisbury Hall in Southside to host convention. district committee selects Moran as chair and Purcival as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic County Committee
Common Council
BH. T. Watson
P. M. Carr
John Rourke
Carr
Henry Large, Jr
Allegheny County
Twenty-fourth
James E. Moran
Charles A. Purcival
Salisbury Hall
Southside
Bayne Mass Meeting Draws Allegheny Crowd in Pro-Bayne Rally
About 1000 attendees gathered at Union Rink Allegheny for the Bayne rally with Shiras supporters present. Colonel Bayne praised local appropriations and national measures including the Davis Island dam funding and the McKinley tariff while urging anti foreign pauper labor policy. The resolutions committee endorsed Bayne’s canvass unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Bayne
Union Rink
Allegheny
Friends of Shiras
Bayne
Thomas M. Jones
James Bradley
Davis Island
Con
Monongahela Company
Congress
Thomas West
James Leyman
Jerry Evans
Secret Conference Ties McKean Quay to National Committee
Postmaster McKean and Senator Quay held a secret meeting after McKean’s eastward trip with his sister. Quay reportedly plans a New York Republican paper funded by the party reserve fund of 250000 dollars. Frank Willing Leach issues Lincoln certificates for fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKean
Mollie McKean
National Committee
Washington
Senator Quay
Pittsburg
Beaver
New York
Clarkson
Republican Reserve Fund
Frank Willing Leach
Lincoln
Committees Named to Promote Major Montooth Campaign
The Organization Committee for Major E. A. Montooth for Governor held a meeting in the Common Council chamber. Mayor Gourley presiding, subcommittees were announced for Finance, Transition, and Meadquarters with listed members. Captain C W Batchelor chosen to head Allegheny county delegation to Harrisburg and to prepare a list of volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Montooth
Common Council
J. B. Scott
Gourley
J. M. Schoomaker
John W. Chalfant
Joshua Rhodes
A. F. W. Painter
B. F. Jones
Wilson McCaniless
John H. Ricketson
Joseph F. Denniston
W. R
Alex . McCandress
W. P. Bennett
A. L. Pearsop
W. S. Brown
Samuel D. Hobley
Florence (. Miller
F. Jennings
H. F. Davis
Charles F. John
Joseph P. Andrews
L. T. Brown
Scott Imebvert
J. C. Brown
George W. Foster
George Campbell
Joseph Gray
C. W. Batchelor
Allegheny County
Hartisburg
Batchelor
Alletheny County
Isburg
Montooth
Records lost in trash disposal sparks election dispute
A Prothonotary order shows election records from two November 5 cities were not kept by the Prothonotary. They may have been discarded as waste paper after an instruction from Mercer, prompting controversy over whether such records should be destroyed without court orders or kept for possible election contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr-Peffer
Mercer
Musical Chimes at Carnegie Hall Recitals Draw Crowd
Free organ recitals at Carnegie Hall continue with Miss Pauline Fritsche of Columbus, Ohio performing without notes. The city organist of Allegheny directed the program as audiences enjoyed each number and rehearsals plan future Saturday 3 pm recitals featuring popular music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Hall
Allegheny
Pauline Fritsche
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Columbus
Results of Friday's storm and minor local damages
The Friday storm caused dispersed but large total damage with small individual losses. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad faced landslides and electric wires were demoralized while repairs left Superintendent Hoeveler and two East End Electric Light linemen severely shocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hoeveler
East End Electric Light Company
Murder in His Mind Arrest Ordered in McKeesport Killing
Carl Freeman a 35 year old Polish Hebrew peddler who attempted suicide in Altoona on May 16 is arrested in McKeesport on suspicion of murdering Margaret Douglass. Police report Freeman confessed to knowing details of the crime and was seen near the Douglass residence with tickets showing travel from McKeesport to Pittsburgh and Johnstown. Authorities say he matched a witness description and was in the Douglass yard the morning of the murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Freeman
Altoona
Margaret Doudlass
McKeesport
Wier
Burgess Tilbrook
Stains
Burgess
Freeman
Margaret Douglass
Margaret A
Miss Douglass
McKovesport
Douglass Worder
James Edward Merera
McKee
Pittsburg
Johnstown
Conemaugh
Alderman Field
Thomas Tilbrook
Mr. Tilbrook
Field Burgess Tilbrook
Douclase House
Nellie Jones
Douglass
Daniel Hutler
Baltimore and Ohio
Weir
McKett
Congress
Library inspection report outlines Carnegie Library plan
Ten Allegheny library officials toured eastern institutions and will propose best practices for Carnegie Library. Plans call for 10 000 volumes over one to two years with potential opening in six months, aided by expert staff. Salaries for women assistants range from 20 to 33 dollars monthly. chief librarians in New England earn about 2000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Committee
Carnegie Library
Pittsburg Rejects Chicago Tax on Street Railroads
City Controller Morrow says the Chicago method of taxing street railroads on profits cannot be adopted in Pittsburg. He notes historic charters required paving tracks and mile-wide conditions, and that earlier per-car taxes were repealed by new charters. He adds the railroads are not assessed for city business tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
Chicago
Pittsburg
Wreck at Turtle Creek Halts Pennsylvania Trains
Two westbound Pennsylvania freight trains collided at Turtle Creek last evening, four empty cars damaged but no injuries reported. Through passenger trains were delayed, including the Harrisburg division mail train, and the limited ran about an hour late after the wreck near Union depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Road
Turtle Creek
Harrisburg
Altoona
Union
Limited
Woman Hangs Self in Allegheny Home Inquest Hears
Coroner's inquest into the death of Elizabeth N. Nenmoessel on Blof Street, Allegheny, finds she died by her own action while temporally insane after hanging herself at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth N. Nenmoessel
Blof Street
Allegheny
Contest Over Ballots Delays Case In Allegheny Election
In Allegheny, Mayor Wyman's defense challenges the entire record of 70 districts as evidence while J B Brennen seeks boxes from First ward to prove 1500 illegal votes. The hearing adjourns with plans to inspect ballot boxes and continue next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Shafer
I. R. Stayton
Wyman
Allegheny
Ferguson
Brennen
A. J. McQuitty
Prothonotary’s Office
Prothonotary
Mr. Brennen
Lsts
Messrs
Bennett
Jeave
Distinguished Guests to Attend Scotch-Irish Congress in Pittsburgh
Citizens' Committee reports about 4700 of 7000 dollars raised for the Scotch-Irish Congress with two days of active fundraising ahead. Special committee appointed to engage iron manufacturers. headquarters at Monongahela House. Notables promised to attend include Senator Pasco and Attorney General Kirkpatrick. A new music plan moves college pupils to provide vocal numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Committee
Scotch- Irish Congress
Finance Committee
H. P. Ford
George L. Haliday
Rev. E. R. Donehoe
Society
Monongahela House
Floyd
National Society
Pasco
Florida
Kirkpatrick
Pennsylvania
Genral Rafus Barrington
North Carolina
Pittsburg
America
W. W. Rankin
Commercial National Bank
Eighteenth Regiment Drum Corps Serenades The Dispatch
The Eighteenth Regiment Drum Corps led by Prof. Wickes and Drum Major Frank Mc Kelvey serenaded The Dispatch last evening. Officers praised the corps for its appearance and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighteenth Regiment
Prof
Wickes
Frank McKelvey
Gallinger's Guns Center Open at 1200 Penn Ave
Local listing advertises Gallinger's at 1200 and 1106 Penn Avenue as a source for firearms and related equipment. The notice emphasizes gun availability and repeated mentions of guns in the entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallinger
Penn Ave
Gallinger's
Wsu
Trade Union Rift Halts Miners Strike Settlement Talks
Tension between journeymen tinners and master tinners over a three week strike persists as Muhler accuses Local Union No. 12 of rule violations and mismanagement. Masters vow to fill vacated jobs if the strike continues beyond Tuesday while urging fair treatment and legal process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Muhler
No. 12
Dispatch
Mrr. Mahler
Union No. 12
Indiana
Supreme Council of the International Association
Union
Mahler
McMasters
Muhler
Goodwin
Alang
McKeesport Tube Workers Meet to Name Arbitrators
The National Rolling Mills and the National Tube Works will resume all departments and restore workers to their old positions. The tube works employees will gather at White's Opera House at 2 PM to select a two man committee for the wage investigation panel led by General Manager FE C Converse. Prospective members include Thomas McGanney and James Ranvem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Rolling Mills
National Tube Works
Mall
Tube Works
White's Opera House
FE. C. Converse
Thomas McGanney
James Ranvem
Miners Call Pittsburgh Convention Over Dead Work Scale
Miners and drivers in Pittsburg District No 4 fail to settle the dead work scale after a conference breaks down. A convention is called for Friday May 30 at 10 a.m. at K. W. Hall 101 Fifth Avenue to decide on a proposed scale. The dispute centers on Scott's mines where workers are paid 78 cents per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitrsworg
Pittsburg
K. W. L. Hall
Fifsh Avenue
Adoptae
Nan Hough McLaughley
Prenden James Born
Scott's Mines
Builders Reject Electricians From Delegates
The Building Trades Council held a meeting last night admitting three delegates from Steam Gas Fitters Union No. 23 and one each from Carpenters Union No. 185 and Hod Carriers Union No. 1. Electricians were refused after a quarrel over their affiliation with the trade. Resolutions denounced mas ter timers plans to import non union workers and pledged to refuse work on buildings using non union labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades Council
Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union No
Sharpsburg
Hod Carriers’ International Union No. 1
Electricians Union
A Glass House Closed Down
Abel Smith and Co. shuttered their Southside glasshouse yesterday and will not reopen until September 1. Over the past two weeks there were three to five spare pots, and yesterday six more were found. Mr. Smith blamed lack of enough skilled workers and misconduct, saying some men were drinking, making a full crew impossible.
Gompers Pleased With Eight Hour Movement Progress
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor toured the city on his way to Beaver Falls where he addressed workers. He visited the Amalgamated Association office seeking Secretary Martin who was away in Philadelphia for an Inter-State Revenue Commission meeting. Gompers said he was pleased with progress toward shorter hours and optimistic about success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilleland
Clark
Bayne
Shiras
United Sates
W. A. Scandrett
Customs
Drave
Batchers’ Association
Chicago
Twenty-third Congressional District
Orangemen
Allegheny
Protestant Herald
Colonel Bayne
Need
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Beaver Falls
Amalgamated Association
Martin
Philadelphia
Inter-State Revenue Commission
Gomvers
Lawyer and detective clash at Central station case
L K Porter, attorney, faced Detective Coulson in a disorderly conduct dispute after a speak-easy case against Samuel French. French’s bond forfeited for non appearance. Porter later sued Coulson for assault while Coulson brought a cross suit. Safety Department declines action, to be settled by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. K. Porter
Samuel French
Gripp
Central Station
French
Porter
Coulson
Lightning Strikes Coraopolis Home Wrecks House
A Friday evening storm split wind and hail across the East End, striking the W. F. Boss residence in Coraopolis. The house was damaged but the family escaped injury. An adolescent Newfoundland dog suffered severe shock from the strike and remained in a pitiable state, despite treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
W. F. Boss
Coraopolis
Attorney Pursues Mental Inquest for Murder Suspect
W H Smith's attorney presented a petition to Judge Ewing signed by County Commissioner Mercer asking a sanity commission for Smith who is jailed for his wife’s murder. The judge refused the application. The rest lists advertisements for undeclared products and services including garments, photography, excursions, carpets, and outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McElroy
W. H. Smith
Ewing
Mercer
Smith
Wilkinsburg considers sidewalk bicycle ban ordinance
At the next council meeting Wilkinsburg may adopt an ordinance forbidding bicycle use on sidewalks. Mothers warn riding is dangerous for children and urge wheelmen to ride in the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkinsburg
Pleasant Valley Electric Road Employes Form Union
The Pleasant Valley Electric Road workforce met in Allegheny and began recruiting new members. Most employees are expected to join the union soon. W. J. Moore of 5613 Penn avenue was elected President of the Journeymen Horse Shoers National Union, the first Pittsburger to hold the post. The Amalgamated Association Executive Board met yesterday afternoon to discuss the Linden steel works dispute, expecting a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Electric Road
Allegheny
W. J. Moore
Penn Avenue
Journeymen Horse Shoers’ National Union
Amalgamated Association
Pennes
Linden Steel Works
German Emigrants Arrive on Special Baltimore Train
A special train carried 200 German emigrants arriving yesterday on the Baltimore and Ohio road. They will be assisted by multiple employment agencies to find jobs and settle in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Road
First Western Pennsylvania Goiter Operation Reported Successful
A Pittsburgh area medical team performed the first goiter removal in Western Pennsylvania using a new antiseptic method. Patient Mrs. E J Pritchett, 50, recovered at home within a week, with minimal blood loss and no major complications. Surgeons included Dr. Alan F. Gentry and colleagues Hartmeyer and Buchanan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
E. J. Pritchett
South Twenty-second Street
Alan F. Gentry
Dra. Hartmeyer
Allegheny
Buchanan
Dickson
Prichett
Local ads tout furniture sale and tile novelties
Jacksons Star Corner advertises a six carload furniture stock reduction with a 10 percent discount and special folding table price. James C Thompson promotes tile novelties and fireplace pieces at 640 Liberty avenue. An Ohio Desolation Day excursion is offered for May 30 with a 150 round trip rate. Laces and silks offered by A G Campbell & Sons at Fifth avenue. Violin lessons advertised by R M Sharkey and Kleber Brothers Music Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch
Ohio
A. Mt
Ohio Pyle
One Case At 20 Cents Wash Dress Fabric and Accessories
A historical advert describes a new wash dress fabric in ombre effects offered in cloth and colorings. It also lists various small items such as 3 inch twills with silver mountings and fine handles, and a selection of gentlemen’s umbrellas and canes with silver fittings priced around 157 to 450.
Puritan and Presbyterian Views on Moral Modernity
A front page pleasantry asserts the world is getting better and jokes about changing Puritan rules and Presbyterian caution. The piece mocks overblown doomsayers and claims active home mission work keeps society morally balanced.
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John Wanamaker
P. M.G
Montouth
United
New York State
Dadge Folger
Vour de Ent
Moran
Postmaster McKean
Major Montooth
B.M. Hanna
Peon Street
S&sa
Tero
Stayton
Building Trades Council Matters
The
Gompers
Judge Ewing
A. G. Campnent & Sons
Fifth Ave
Pearson
Federal St
Allegeny
Wheeling
Trimn
Havucu & Keeway
Water St
Rose ExBaum & Co
Pitcairn's
Wood Street
Mamaux & Son's
Pitts
Groetzinger
Rosenbaum & Co
Reining & “S
Penn Building
Pleasant Valley
J.B. Dickson
Penn Avenne
Switzerland
Italy
C. H. Huxford
Demmler Bros
Smithfield St
Pasteur
Lawrence
Supreme Court of New York
Dr. 5. G. B. Siegert & Sons
C. W. Abbots & Co
Baltimore
Jacksons
Star Corner
Liberty St
Krause
Thao
James C. Thompson
Liberty Avenue
A. G. Campbell & Sons
R. M. Sharkey
Thirty-ninth St
Kleber & Brothers’ Music Store
Wood
Uscle Sam
Warmcastie
Speakeasies
Brussels
Body Brussels
Sica
Edward
Gruetzinger
India
Our Market St
mnylt-Trssa
Marshell
O. K
Hall W
Ohio ST
Cormer Sandusky
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